Global Marketing Director, CVRM

Our product is in Phase III development for blood pressure lowering in resistant/uncontrolled hypertension. The opportunity is expanded across cardiorenal diseases by the potential for a fixed-dose combination with a best-in-class medicine for the treatment of diabetes, heart failure, and CKD. The program is supported by an expansive clinical program, including major Phase 3 outcomes studies that aim to demonstrate our product provides both blood pressure reduction and organ protection in a single treatment option.

In this role, you will be a commercial leader helping to develop and shape the global strategic plan for the prevention of heart failure indication, implement the global operational plan, support key markets, as well as drive integration and alignment across indications for the franchise as a whole. The successful candidate must be a strong strategic thinker and good communicator, with a specific appetite for shaping and implementing brand strategy in concert with global cross-functional teams, market affiliates, and external partners.

What you’ll do

In this role, you will be responsible primarily for strategic planning for our HF prevention indication: 

•Commercial strategy and planning to drive success for the FDC across the HF prevention indication from Phase 3 through to launch

•Shape product strategy with a tie to disease area strategies and insights (in T2D, HF)

•Generate & use customer insights (patient, physician, payer) to inform clinical development plans and TPPs and to create differentiated and winning brand strategies

•Support with objectively analyzing and commercially evaluating the emerging profile, competitive positioning, unmet need, pricing and market access, etc.

•Support the development of evidence-based forecasts that are aligned with the target product profile and that credibly reflect a range of commercial potential

•Comply with AZ policies, standards and procedures in every interaction

The role will also have responsibility for coordination across the franchise to ensure seamless integration across the hypertension, HF prevention, and CKD indications. The franchise responsibility will encompass proactive management of franchise-level strategic planning discussions to drive alignment cross-functionally across indications.

Essential Skills/Experience

•Bachelor’s degree

•10+ years pharmaceutical commercial experience

•Expertise in cardiovascular, renal and/or metabolic disease areas

•Broad commercial experience including pre-launch and launch

•Experience with revenue forecasting, budget/expense management, business case development and management/communication of brand performance. Evidence of developing compelling business cases

Desirable Skills/Experience

•An advanced degree (MBA, MSc or PhD) is preferred

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we turn our productive pipeline into a reality to impact patients. Here patients always come first - we address unmet needs from nephrology to immunology and provide patient care along the entire journey. Have the opportunity to be involved in the next big thing while making a meaningful difference to patients and wider society.

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